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Forest Whitaker’s ‘Emperor of Ocean Park’ Is a Provocative Murder-Mystery, Once It Finds Its Footing: TV Review

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Aramide Tinubu It’s never been more evident how politics, wealth and power intersect within this country. Together, this trifecta allows certain people to maintain control over others.

Based on Stephen L. Carter’s best-selling novel and adapted for television by Sherman Payne, MGM+‘s “Emperor of Ocean Park” is a murder mystery about grief — and about how influence can sustain and destroy those who wield it.

Though the tone and pacing of the 10-episode series initially stumbles, when it finds its footing in Episode 4, the narrative soars, taking the audience on a unique journey of a family divided by political ideology, secrets and vengeance. “Emperor of Ocean Park” opens with the death of Judge Oliver Garland (a commanding Forest Whitaker), who has succumbed to an apparent heart attack.

A failed conservative nominee to the Supreme Court and a recent far-right political pundit for Fox News, it’s clear, almost immediately, that the judge has plenty of enemies.

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